Five South African policemen have appeared in court on Friday for
allegedly robbing a Nigerian man of the sum of 61,000 US Dollars
(N21million), Channels reported.

Four of the officers have now been dismissed from the police
service over the incident and are also currently being prosecuted
following an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative
Directorate (IPID).

It was gathered that the five former policemen were caught on tape
robbing the Nigerian man who deals in electronics on July 16, 2015.

During the hearing in court, a set of DVDs were distributed to the
lawyers of the five accused police officers, to which they complained of
being ambushed by the prosecution.

An eyewitness said an unverified but large amount of money and a
pack of sim card were taken from the Nigerian man. The 42-year-old
Nigerian claims he had concluded a forex transaction prior to a business
trip when he was arrested by the policemen, taken back to his hotel
room where his money was allegedly confiscated but not recorded at the
Pretoria police station where he was detained for a night.

He said in court that he hopes for justice as he has done nothing
wrong. The case was adjourned to November 13th, 2017 to allow the
counsel to the accused person view the CCTV footage presented by the
prosecution in court and also allow the current witness, the General
Manager of the hotel in which the incident allegedly took place, to be
cross-examined.